UFO Mistake

Last week, there was quite a stink raised by one of those ubiquitous British taboids about a police helicopter battling a UFO. It was clear from reading the original article (titled "Invasion of the bobby snatchers") that something wasn't quite right here, as the narrative account of an Independence Day-esque extraterrestrial dogfight didn't at all match the description of the event given by the South Wales Police, which simply said that a helicopter pilot had seen an unusual aircraft. Now it turns out newlyweds Lucy and Lyn Thomas are to blame. They released several beautiful floating lanterns into the sky for their wedding, and irresponsibly figured the British media wouldn't report that their lanterns were attacking alien spacecraft. Let this be a lesson to all of us. Never underestimate the blithering idiocy of the fine journalists at The Daily Mail. More details here.